Aspire One lock-up issue

[Ioannis Vranos]

Curtis Vaughan wrote:
> I wonder if anyone else has found a reason and fix for the following issue.
> I have an AAO ZG5 (or AOA150) with Ubuntu 9.04, ext3. I updated the BIOS 
> to the latest version about a week ago.
> 
> Every now again the computer will hang with the Cap Lock indicator 
> blinking. At first it seemed to only happen when I tried to download 
> torrents. So, I stopped downloading torrents.
> Now, however, it seems anytime that I do perhaps anything video related 
> that it also hangs. So, yesterday I tried to watch something on Boxee 
> (have been able to in the past) and it froze.
> Then this morning I tried to watch a YouTube video link and it froze.
> 
> I've looked for solutions out there, but I haven't found any.
> 
> Thanks!


I had similar issues with my Aspire 8920G laptop after installation from the alternate installer CD. I did a 
clean install from the normal CD and I haven't experienced this issue again so far.



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